Holder for ready-to-wear ties



July 13, 1965 E. FELLER 3,193,843

HOLDER FOR READY-'IO-WEAR TIES Filed Jan. 3, 1963 Inventor Edmund Fella r United States Patent 3,193,843 HOLDER FOR READY-TO-WEAR TIES Edmund Feller, 2 Mannheimer Strasse, Schriesheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany Filed Jan. 3, 1963, Ser. No. 249,224 Claims priority, application Germany, May 24, 1962,

'5 Claims. (c1. 2-153 This invention relates to a holder for ready-to-wear ties.

For securing ready-to-wear ties clip-like devices are known in which a clamp swingably mounted on a base and/or mounting plate and subjected to the action of a spring effects the clamping of the holder on the hem of the shirt collar.

Such devices can, however, only be constructed for a small range of thickness of the collar hem. The expres sion collar hem is intended to imply the collar closure in shirts, the thickness of which to be clamped for securing a tie is determined by the type of cloth and the type of selected linen button. A thicker than normal collar closure will prevent the clamp from assuming its required position in which it is substantially parallel to the collar hem. Then, only an insuflicient clamping action will occur which may aiiect the seat of the tie, or the clamp will press with its end against the throat. When the collar closures are too thin the intermediate space between the clamping holder and the tie is, on the other hand, too large so that the tie will slip out of place. Thus, the varying thicknesses of the collar closures necessitate an adaptation of the distance between the clamping holder and base plate of the holder for ties or bows.

It is therefore proposed according to the invention to provide a tie holder which comprises support means, a clamp mounted on said support means so as to be swingable into a closed or clamping position and an open or unclamping position for clamping and unclamping the tie holder on the collar closure of a shirt, and spring means secured to said support means for cooperation with said clamp to lock it in its closed or clamping position against unintentional opening, the mounting of said clamp on said support means also providing for shiftability of said clamp in its longitudinal direction towards said support means for adaptation to a given thickness of the collar closure.

Tie holders of this type have the advantage over previous devices that with few means and a special construction of the spring the clamp can be locked in the clamping position and simultaneously an adaptation of the tie holder to varying thicknesses of the shirt closures can be obtained.

Several preferred embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a tie holder for ready-to-wear ties according to the invention shown as mounted by means of a holding plate, on a small crescent to which the ready-to-wear tie will be attached;

FIG. 2 is a vertical section through the same tie holder;

FIG. 3 is a side elevation as seen from the left of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the same tie holder;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the tie holder shown in the clamping position and using a different type of spring;

FIG. 6 is a vertical section through the same;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation as seen from the left of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view to FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of the tie holder using a spring having a plurality of arms;

FIG. 10 is a vertical section through the same;

FIG. 11 is a side elevation as seen from the left of FIG. 10;

3,193,843 Patented July 13, 1965 FIG. 12 is a top plan view to FIG. 10;

FIG. 13 is a front elevational view of a tie with the small crescent to which it is attached, and

FIG. 14 is a side elevation of the same showing the attachment of the tie on its support.

Tie holders of the illustrated types in principle serve the purpose of attaching a bow or a tie B prefabricated with a knot K to a shirt hem H as shown in FIG. 14. For this purpose, a holder Ha is mounted on a transverse member, the so-called small crescent M, and together therewith sewn to the knot K of the tie so that the mechanism of the holder Ha is covered by the knot K and only a clamp A provided thereon is free for manipulation.

The main parts of the tie holder shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 are a base plate 2 secured to a small cloth-covered crescent 1 serving as support for the tie and a mounting plate 3 attached to one side of the base plate 2 and provided with a leaf spring 3a. The mounting plate 3 has in its upper end a recess which serves as a bearing 4 for rotatably accommodating therein the axle of a clamp 5 provided with a projecting part 5a.

FIG. 2 shows the collar closure which consists of a collar hem 6 and a linen button 6a. In order to be able to clampingly receive the collar closure in its actually given thickness, the tie holder is provided with a two-part spring.

While the curved leaf spring 3a serves to permit the clamp 5 to be snapped from an open position into a closed or clamping position and vice versa, the mounting plate 3, which is likewise constructed as a spring and at 8 secured with its lower portion to the base plate 2 and together therewith to the small crescent 1, permits the clamp 5 to be shifted in the direction of arrow 9. Thus, the clamp 5 will always be urged into a position parallel to and in engagement with the inner side of the collar hem 6, even in cases of varying thicknesses of the collar closures.

Since the projecting part 5a of the clamp 5 slides, when moving over the curvature of the leaf spring 3a, it is expediently provided on its free end with a fork-like extension 5b serving as a guide.

The embodiment of the tie holder shown in FIGS. 5 to 8 comprises a base plate 13 on which a clamp 15 is rotatably received in a bearing 14 so as to be slidable in the direction of the arrow 18. A spring wire loop 16 is secured with one straight end to the lower portion of the base plate 13 on the side opposite the clamp 15. The clamp 15 has a projecting part 15a and thereon an abutment 15c and in its widened free end an opening 15b.

Upwardly, the spring wire loop 16 forms a circular are open towards the base plate 13. At the ends of the circular arc, i.e. at a free end 16a and at a central portion 16b, the spring wire loop 16 tapers in opposite directions so that the wires have the largest distance from each other at a portion 16c of the are, which forms the pressure point for the projecting part 15a of the clamp 15 guided in the opening 1512 between the portions 16b and of the arc and the free end 16a so that the clamp 15 can be moved under the spring action of the spring wire loop 16 from the pressure point constituted by the portion 16a of the are via the tapering of the central portion 16b of the spring wire loop 16, into the open and in the opposite direction via the tapering of the free end 16a of the spring wire loop 16 into the closed position shown in FIG. 5.

The clamp 15 is slidably and swingably mounted with its projecting part 15a in the bearing 14. This mounting permits both the rotation of the clamp 15 and a longitudinal shifting in the direction of the arrow 18 between the widened end portion of the projecting part 15a and the abutment 15c in dependence on a given thickness 17 of the shirt closure, as shown in FIG. 6.

FIGS. 9 to 12 show a further embodiment of the tie holder. In this case, the spring elements consist of-leaf or wire, springs and comprise a three-armed spring member 26 rotatably mounted on a pivot 26a at the foot of a base plate 23. The substantially S-shaped outer arm of thisthree-armed spring member 26 is curved in its centre towards the base plate 23; This curvature forms the pressure point for a clamp 25 slidably and swingably mounted in a slot 23a in the base plate 23'. The clamp 25 has a projecting part 25a at the end of which it is pro-.

vided with a transverse slot 25b serving to guide the clamp 25 on the central arm of the three-armed spring member 26. The inner arm of the three-armed spring member 26 which is located adjacent the base plate 23 serves to support the spring member 26 itself so that the clamp 25 can easily be moved into-its open and clamping positions, respectively. Y

Whereas the outer arm of the three-armed spring mem ber 26. holds the clamp 25 in the clamping position, the

2. The tie holder as defined in claim 1 wherein said means included in .said bearing means cooperating with said second portion comprises spring means secured to said first plate at an end portion thereof remote from said bearing means, said spring means being a spring bearing against said clamp for locking the clamp in both positions thereof and against which said clamp is shifted.

3. A tie holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein said second portion includes means serving as a guide for receivtion including an opening which serves to guide the secouter and the central arms serve for elastically retaining n the tie holder during its automatic shifting along a path 28v shown in FIG. 10, said shifting being dependent on a respective thickness 27' of the'shirt closure. i

I claim: 1

. 1. Atie holder for ready-to-wear ties comprising a first plate and a clamp having first and second portions, hearing means swingably mounting the clamp on the first plate for movement between. a clamping position in which the first portion of the clamp is substantially parallel to the 0nd portion over the circular arc of the spring wire loop. 5. A tie'h'older as claimed in claim 2, wherein the spring 7 means includes a three-armed member rotatably mounted first plate and an unclamping position in whichsaid first portion is substantially 'normal'to the first plate, guide means mounted on said first plateand cooperating with said guide means and extendingsubstantially normal to said first portion, and said bearing means including'means cooperating with said .second portion for slidably shifting said first portion toward and away from said first plate in a direction generally normal thereto when said clamp is in said clamping position to vary the distance between the plate and the clamp portion for accommodating colf r 40 DAVID 'J WILLIAMOWSKY, Examiner.

lar closures of different thicknesses. 7

, said bearing means, .said second portioncooperating with." V

on a pivot at an end of the-first plate remote'from said bearingmeans, said guide means including a slot for swingably and shiftably holding said second portion.

7 References (lited by the Examiner I VUNVITED STATES PATENTS 1,413,692 4/22 Smith 2-154 1,636,368 7/27' Johnson "72-153 2,798,226 7/57 Kanter 2-153 2,972,750; 2/ 1 Kanter 2 1s3 3,050,737 8/62 Scully" 2 153 FOREIGN PATENTS 19.03 Great Britain.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner, 

1. A TIE HOLDER FOR READY-TO-WEAR TIES COMPRISING A FIRST PLATE AND A CLAMP HAVING FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS, BEARING MEANS SWINGABLY MOUNTING THE CLAMP ON THE FIRST PLATE FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A CLAMPING POSITION IN WHICH THE FIRST PORTION OF THE CLAMP IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE FIRST PLATE AND AN UNCLAMPING POSITION IN WHICH SAID FIRST PORTION IS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE FIRST PLATE, GUIDE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST PLATE AND COOPERATING WITH SAID BEARING MEANS, SAID SECOND PORTION COOPERATING WITH SAID GUIDE MEANS AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID FIRST PORTION, AND SAID BEARING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID SECOND PORTION FOR SLIDABLY SHIFTING SAID FIRST PORTION TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID FIRST PLATE IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY NORMAL THERETO WHEN SAID CLAMP IS IN SAID CLAMPING POSITION TO VARY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE CLAMP PORTION FOR ACCOMMODATING COLLAR CLOSURES OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES. 